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91-year-old Jean was evacuated in World War II. She never saw her mother again and was told that she died before the war ended. She appeared on series three of DNA Family Secrets to try and find out if the stories about her mother’s death were true.

Sir Paul Nurse was in his 50s when he discovered that the person he thought was his sister was his mum and the couple he thought were his parents were really his grandparents. With all of them now passed away, there was no one he could ask as to the identity of his father. Years later, he took a DNA test and Professor Turi King traced his father for him.

Professor Daniel Panne discusses his work looking at the structure of chromosomes.

Nearly a 100,000 people in Britain were brought up in foster care in the 1970s, 50-year-old Matthew was one of them. Although he knew his birth mother was English, he didn’t know his father’s identity. Matthew appeared on the second series of DNA Family Secrets to try and find out where his father was from.

Jackie is one of over three million children orphaned during World War II, for nearly 60 years, he and his wife Lita have been searching for any information about his past.

Over 6000 sperm donor babies were born in the UK in the 1970s. 46-year-old Mel, only found out as a teenager that she is one of them.